Pluspunten
Good coworkers, everyone is just trying to get by. I like the job itself. I got to sample the things we sell. If we are slow, the day goes by fine.
Minpunten
I was hired in at 9cents above minimum wage. The state raised it, and the store bumped me up to directly at minimum wage. If I had to stay maybe 20 minutes after my scheduled shift end time, I would be shorted that 20 minutes. I wanted to get out of the deli, so I crosstrained in Starbucks, being promised to stay permenantly there, which never happened. I was then told by the meat department that there was the possibility that I would be moving over there- never happened. Management is incompetent where it really counts, like ordering and scheduling. Assistant store manager was a creep who looked down on everyone in the store. I was told I was the lowest paid employee there, even though I was not the newest anymore. I am scheduled against my availibilty sometimes and am expected to be fine with it. Take Thanksgiving for example: it was on one of the days I said I needed off literally before I started the job. I look at the schedule when it was posted for the week, and I am scheduled to close. I get it was a holiday and I don't have enough seniority, but that was not my problem. I was scheduled directly against my availibility simply because my manager thought I wouldn't have school for the day. I work hard every night trying to close the deli while dealing with entitled and impatient customers, while still being taken for granted by management. The merger came with a new dresscode; store manager told me I had to buy shoes all black or all white. I am $12,500 in debt and I am expected to buy new shoes, even though my shoes I already wear only have a little color. They are still mostly black. That debt is the only reason I'm still here. Regularly understaffed for the days workload. Etc, etc, etc.